Recent amendments to michigan’s marketable record title act – did the legislature clear title headaches or create more?

With no press or fanfare, the lame duck amendments to Michigan’s Marketable Record Title Act (the “Act”), MCL § 565.101 et. seq., went into effect on March 29, 2019. The intent of the amendment is to eliminate the enforceability of certain restrictions contained in documents that were recorded more than 40 years ago.